scalloper

noun

Definition of scallopernext
as in whaler

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Recent Examples of scalloper On Saturday, Bretal and Vega boarded a scalloper and embarked on a fishing trip that took a horrifying turn when their vessel apparently capsized and sank Sunday about 28 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, according to the US Coast Guard. — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2019 The four men on the scalloper, which had left from New Bedford, Massachusetts, did not appear to be wearing life jackets, Noel said. — Ben Kesslen, NBC News, 25 Nov. 2019 The vessel has been identified as the F/V Leonardo, a scalloper homeported in New Bedford. — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2019 David Frulla, a lawyer who represents the Fisheries Survival Fund, said his scalloper clients would still consider this large section of water to be closed off to them under the new plan, for safety reasons. — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Nov. 2019 The scallop industry is thriving as a result of years of conservative management that has allowed the valuable shellfish to grow undisturbed, said Jimmy Wotton, a scalloper based out of Friendship, Maine. — BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scalloper
  1. whaler
  2. whaleboat
  3. shrimper
  4. lugger
  5. workboat
  6. banker
  7. ferry
  8. seiner
Noun
  • Shackleton purchased a wooden Norwegian whaler, Foca I, which his wife Emily renamed Quest.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
  • While en route to ship out on a Nantucket whaler, Ishmael spends a night at New Bedford’s Spouter-Inn, a night which quickly takes on the semblance of stage farce.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Definition of whaler
Noun
  • One day later, another incident occurred in the evening involving a whaleboat that caught fire and capsized near the province’s Lukolela territory, AP, Al Jazeera and Sky News said, citing Congo’s humanitarian affairs ministry.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
  • And since each ship carried three to five whaleboats, the amount of rope needed just to conduct whaling operations on one whaleship was as much as ten thousand feet.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
Definition of whaleboat
Noun
  • For a shrimper already operating on slim margins, that's not just an inconvenience.
    — Drew Hawkins, NPR, 26 May 2026
  • Gulf Coast shrimpers have been pummeled in recent years by natural and man-made disasters, as well as rising fuel costs.
    — Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Definition of shrimper
Noun
  • From time to time, Li Shan would offer Noe a sum impressive to a fisherman to sail his lugger—a forty-foot vessel made for the shallower waters of home into the Gulf to meet a ship bound for New Orleans.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
  • The excess metal goes into roll off boxes or lugger boxes at the customer's factory.
    — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
Definition of lugger
Noun
  • However, two workboats were visible, moored alongside the aircraft carrier's bow, suggesting both sides of the bow may have been painted with the hull number.
    — Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The Italian yard, known for building high-performance steel and aluminium workboats, established Forte Yachts to produce stylish pleasure crafts.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2025
Definition of workboat
Noun
  • An investment banker and famously eccentric collector, Lust was a fixture of the postwar art world on both sides of the Atlantic.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Fayat, a 19-year-old from Kendall with hopes of becoming an investment banker, and his family came to the United States from Cuba about 2 1/2 years ago.
    — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of banker
Noun
  • Estimates had put the number of passengers as high as 153 on a ferry authorized to carry 90 people, but the latest official figures now suggest the number of passengers could be even higher.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The home is also close to I-395 and ferry service to Long Island.
    — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of ferry
Noun
  • The ships use purse seiner nets and demersal trawlers, destroying the coral underneath and, consequently, the habitat for fish.
    — Nicole Tung, NPR, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Take a scenic cruise along Harbor Drive, where tuna seiners once tied up.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2023
Definition of seiner

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